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Unit4TheVirtualWorld

TextAAVirtualLife

1.(标题)virtual:adj.

1)createdandexistingonlyinacomputer

*IcanvisitavirtualstoreandputwhatIwantinmybasketattheclickofamouse

button.

*Somepeoplespendtoomuchtimeescapingfromrealityintothevirtualworld

conjuredupontheircomputerscreens.

2)almostwhatisstated;infactthoughnotinname

*Theofficialshearthiskindoftalkinvirtualsilence.

*国王处处都受王后的影响，以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者。

(=Thekingwassomuchundertheinfluenceofhiswifethatshewasthevirtual

rulerofthecountry.)

2.(L.2)interpret:v.

1)understand(sth.said,ordered,ordone)

*Thegiftisgenerallyinterpretedasabribe.

*Shemadeagesture,whichhechosetointerpretasaninvitation.

2)giveorprovidethemeaningof,explain

诗有助于阐述人生的意义。

(=Poetryhelpstointerpretlife.)

*Theevidenceisdifficulttointerpret.

3)translatewhatissaidinonelanguageintoanother

(=NooneinthetourgroupspokeSpanishsowehadtoasktheguidetointerpret.)

3.(L.5)stretch:v.(causeto)becomelonger,wider,etc.withoutbreaking

*MywoolcoatstretchedwhenIwashedit.

*Thechildstretchedtherubberbandtoitsfullextent.

*你已经使我忍无可忍了。

(=Youarestretchingmypatiencetolimit.)

4.(L.8)submit:vt.

1)give(sth.)tosb.sothatitmaybeformallyconsidered

*IamgoingtosubmitanapplicationforthatjobinMicrosoft.

*Petersubmittedhisapplicationtothelocalgovernment.

2)yield(oneself);agreetoobey

*Shouldawifesubmitherselftoherhusband?

*Weshouldsubmitourselvestodiscipline.

Collocation:

submitoneselfto甘受,服从

submitto服从于；把…提交给…

submitwillingly心悦诚服

5.(L.9)edit:vt.reviseorcorrect

*Scholarsoftened